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Posted By: Plastic Dog

What about the hidden things that SGC notices when assigning grades (like ironed-out creases) that will be passed on to the unsuspecting buyer in an "Authentic Trimmed" purchase and never picked up without removing the slab? And what about rebacked Old Judges? If they get graded, do rebacked T-206s? Could make for some interesting new "Authentic" front/back combinations.

And what about submissions? Does every rejected submission automatically get forwarded to "Authentication" only? Or do you have to write: "Please grade my card from the 1800s NM/MT, but if there is evidence of trimming, or if it would grade below an SGC-30 due to it's earlier iron-job [not to be confused with the less painful hand- or blow-], I would like to make it 'Authentic.'" Is that then an extra grading fee that gets billed after the fact?

Too much potential for confusion or fraud. I still hate the idea.